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Which Fork?

Thinking about picking up a Sabatier fork but there seems to be two different styles and I am not really sure which is "better". Any advice on the shorter, flatter curved prongs vs. the longer, rounder straight ones?

You want the straight tines (batonet?) style for carving and the curved tines for picking up. If you carve with the curved tines you'll ding your edges since you can't see where the tines are. The curved tines are normally forged (and should be) heavy duty full tang handled where the straight tines models are more fine and pointy tipped.

Lol, you guys are bastards Now I have to convince my wife that I either need TWO forks and/or a custom one! Those Pierre forks are sensational and yours Johnny B is particularly elegant. I will contact Pierre to see if he has any more of those old carbon forks. I can picture the look of envy on the other dads' faces at my daughter's next bday bbq!